Public bug reported:
First of all this was not an issue in Dapper, however I never used
multiple XSessions in Edgy so I don't know if it is a problem that was
introduced with Edgy or Feisty.
When I launch a new XSession using `sudo xinit -- :1 -config myconfig`
the new XSession starts fine and runs fine on vt8. But if I try and
switch back to vt7 (using ctrl+alt+F7) my entire system hangs and
remains that way until I do a hard reboot. This error is 100%
unrecoverable.
Another problem is the requirement to use root in order to even launch
the new XSession. I already added the relevant mcookie to xauth for :1
so why will it not allow me to run startx or xinit without sudo? I
don't want to run my session as root (for obvious reasons), so please
someone explain how to start a second XSession in Ubuntu without being
required to use sudo and without it crashing your entire system.
Paladine
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
** Visibility changed to: Public
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Ubuntu hangs/crashes when switching between 2 xsessions
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118417
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